Defense News in Brief: U.S. Naval Aircrewman Aids in Water Rescue Effort While Off-Duty

Source: United States Navy

SAN DIEGO – Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) Petty Officer First Class Cale Foy, assigned to the “Merlins” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, was among the first rescuers on the scene aiding over 30 passengers who were tossed into the ocean after the boat transporting them capsized near the rocky shoreline by Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego on May 2.

Defense News in Brief: U.S. Sixth Fleet and STRIKFORNATO Commence Complex Air and Missile Defense Exercise

Source: United States Navy

North Atlantic Ocean – Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS) 2021, a live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO on behalf of U.S. Sixth Fleet, kicked off today, May 15, 2021 at the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Hebrides Range in the vicinity of the Western Isles of Scotland.

Security News in Brief: Switzerland’s Largest Insurance Company and Three Subsidiaries Admit to Conspiring with U.S. Taxpayers to Hide Assets and Income in Offshore Accounts

Source: United States Department of Justice News

The Department of Justice today filed a criminal information charging Swiss Life Holding AG (Swiss Life Holding), Swiss Life (Liechtenstein) AG (Swiss Life Liechtenstein), Swiss Life (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Swiss Life Singapore), and Swiss Life (Luxembourg) S.A. (Swiss Life Luxembourg), collectively, the “Swiss Life Entities,” with conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to conceal from the IRS more than $1.452 billion in offshore insurance policies, including more than 1,600 insurance wrapper policies, and related policy investment accounts in banks around the world and the income generated in these accounts.

Defense News in Brief: New hangar for squadrons at NAS Key West

Source: United States Navy

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $67.1 million firm-fixed-price contract, May 13, to Korte Construction Company from St. Louis, Missouri, for construction of a new Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, Florida.